BANNOCKBURN, IL –  Total North American printed circuit board shipments decreased 0.9% in June year-over-year, leaving year-to-date shipment growth  down 0.3%, says IPC.

SHENZHEN -- A Foxconn worker committed suicide at an off-campus building, the company said Tuesday.

SOMERSET, NJ -- Alpha promoted Mitch Holtzer to global director of customer technical services, responsible for strategic support to OEM, EMS and automotive customers and target accounts.

OYSTER BAY, NY – OEM telematics and aftermarket telematics will be dominant sectors for cellular M2M connections, growing to more than 40% connection share by 2017, says ABI Research.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Cemtrex reported third-quarter net sales up 152% to $13.5 million year-over-year.

CANBY, OR – Screaming Circuits marked July 10 with a special t-shirt commemorating Nikola Tesla, founder of the alternating current electrical system.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- Cirtek Electronics today will close its acquisition of privately held Remec, a deal worth some $10 million to $12 million.

NORTH BILLERICA, MA -- BTU today announced second-quarter net sales rose 40.7% from a year ago to $16.4 million on higher electronics process equipment sales.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA – Beginning in August, Sono-Tek said its Class 10,000-rated clean room will be available for customers to conduct testing using its coating equipment here.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works reported organic revenues at its Test & Measurement and Electronics unit increased a combined 1%, with test and measurement up 6%  in the second quarter. 

LOS ANGELES – Ducommun reported second-quarter revenue at its contract electronics assembly segment was up a hair to $107.9 million.

HARTLEPOOL, ENGLAND - The Stadium Group today acquired United Wireless, a designer and manufacturer of electronics for the machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless sector, for £8 million in cash and shares.